3 files changed, 33 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/local.mk b/src/libexpr/local.mk
index d84b150e0..687a8ccda 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/local.mk
+++ b/src/libexpr/local.mk
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(d)/nix-expr.pc, $(prefix)/lib/pkgconfig, 0644))
 $(foreach i, $(wildcard src/libexpr/flake/*.hh), \
   $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(i), $(includedir)/nix/flake, 0644)))
 
-$(d)/primops.cc: $(d)/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix.gen.hh
+$(d)/primops.cc: $(d)/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix.gen.hh $(d)/primops/derivation.nix.gen.hh
 
 $(d)/flake/flake.cc: $(d)/flake/call-flake.nix.gen.hh
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index d0b0c57b2..7e8526ea1 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -3565,13 +3565,11 @@ void EvalState::createBaseEnv()
 
     /* Add a wrapper around the derivation primop that computes the
        `drvPath' and `outPath' attributes lazily. */
-    try {
-        string path = canonPath(settings.nixDataDir + "/nix/corepkgs/derivation.nix", true);
-        sDerivationNix = symbols.create(path);
-        evalFile(path, v);
-        addConstant("derivation", v);
-    } catch (SysError &) {
-    }
+    sDerivationNix = symbols.create("//builtin/derivation.nix");
+    eval(parse(
+        #include "primops/derivation.nix.gen.hh"
+        , foFile, sDerivationNix, "/", staticBaseEnv), v);
+    addConstant("derivation", v);
 
     /* Now that we've added all primops, sort the `builtins' set,
        because attribute lookups expect it to be sorted. */
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops/derivation.nix b/src/libexpr/primops/derivation.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0fbe8082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops/derivation.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* This is the implementation of the ‘derivation’ builtin function.
+   It's actually a wrapper around the ‘derivationStrict’ primop. */
+
+drvAttrs @ { outputs ? [ "out" ], ... }:
+
+let
+
+  strict = derivationStrict drvAttrs;
+
+  commonAttrs = drvAttrs // (builtins.listToAttrs outputsList) //
+    { all = map (x: x.value) outputsList;
+      inherit drvAttrs;
+    };
+
+  outputToAttrListElement = outputName:
+    { name = outputName;
+      value = commonAttrs // {
+        outPath = builtins.getAttr outputName strict;
+        drvPath = strict.drvPath;
+        type = "derivation";
+        inherit outputName;
+      };
+    };
+
+  outputsList = map outputToAttrListElement outputs;
+
+in (builtins.head outputsList).value